Germination parameterization and development of an after-ripening thermal-time model for primary dormancy release of Lithospermum arvense seeds

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1291-1301

  Chantre, Guillermo R ^a   Batlla, Diego ^b   Sabbatini, Mario R ^a   Orioli, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

After ripening thermal time; Cardinal temperatures; Field germination; Lithospermum arvense; Primary dormancy; Seedling emergence; Storage temperature; Thermal time model; Winter annual weed

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPENING; SEED DORMANCY; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEED CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GERMINATION; LITHOSPERMUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

GERMINATION; LITHOSPERMUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

BUGLOSSOIDES ARVENSIS; LITHOSPERMUM;

EID: 66249104641     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp070     Document Type: Article

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